Royal Irish Academy, Dawson Street<\/p>\n
November 2 2012<\/p>\n
1.15-5.30pm<\/p>\n
An event organised by We the Citizens, in cooperation with the Royal Irish Academy and the G1000 (Belgium)<\/em><\/p>\n This event is designed to coincide with the establishment of the Irish government\u2019s constitutional convention.\u00a0 This is the first time an Irish government has involved ordinary citizens in discussions about constitutional reform.\u00a0 Mini-publics may be a relatively new phenomenon to Ireland, but their use is quite widespread in a number of other countries, such as the Icelandic constitutional council, the British Columbia citizens\u2019 assembly, the Dutch citizens\u2019 forum, or the Belgian G1000 citizen summit.\u00a0 This event aims at reviewing these and other examples of deliberation in practice.<\/p>\n The participants include some of the world\u2019s leading experts in the field:<\/p>\n To register, please contact Claudia Saba claudia.saba@ucdconnect.ie<\/a><\/p>\n For more information, David Farrell David.Farrell@ucd.ie<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Royal Irish Academy, Dawson Street November 2 2012 1.15-5.30pm An event organised by We the Citizens, in cooperation with the Royal Irish Academy and the G1000 (Belgium) This event is designed to coincide with the establishment of the Irish government\u2019s … Continue reading \n